it's my fault i'm awake at 2am. i have been fighting a sinus infection for almost 2 months. i really really don't want to take antibiotics even though i know it's ok bc i took them when i was pregnant w the girls but i've been trying to keep this kid all natural.(instead of the prescription prenatal vitamins i have been taking these organic ones with a bunch of other healthy schtuff in them. i dig them bc they don't leave a taste in your mouth & they don't make me sick at all even on an empty stomach. all that extra probiotic/ superfood chitter chatter may be a bunch of hooha but it does make one feel better psychologically. )

anyways i have been irrigating my sinuses and using those breathe right snoring strips at night so i don't suffocate but today the pollen count went sky high and ay mamacita the agony. and the multiple blowings of the nose, oy vey.

i work at 2 schools and this morning i had to leave the first one early after teaching only 1 class bc at 8am when i got there (sick as a dog) the whole place smelled like the world's' strongest onions they were cooking for lunch in the caf. it made me so everloving nauseous and you know it had to be strong bc my nose is super clogged man. that in combo with the sinus/allergy thing put me over the edge and i came home and slept for an hour then i made myself get up and go to the second school.

so before bed i gave in and took one sudafed so i could breathe which has since then had the effect of a double dose of adrenaline. it has never affected me like this before so it must be the prego hormones. at 12:30am my eyes popped open with a boinging sound and they refuse to shut some 3 hrs later. i'm trying to save my sick days but now i'm gonna have to take off tomorrow at least a half day bc when this medicine wears off i will crash hard.

this is the reason i am listening to my husband snore over the sound of sirius easy listening channel.


so, the part about my kids.

as you can see in the sidebar they are the world's smartest and cutest children besides yours. these days they are so eager to learn how to read, lily especially. they have been able to identify some short words for a while but now they are recognizing sight words like the, and, it, if, etc. plus i set up an old computer with windows xp on it that bob and sue gave me bc the modem doesn't work anymore as their computer for learning games. my sister gave me that idea bc she was telling me how much ava loves the computer.

i ordered one homeschool preschool game from ebay with a bunch of different games on it. it's unbelievable how quick they caught on and now they're always calling me to come see what else new they found out the games can do that i had no idea about. so today i ordered three more- reader rabbit, sesame street, and little bear. they love it and i figure it's better than tv. but i also set the timer so they don't get turned into little game fiends. hannah is better with the mouse so lily calls her to help when she gets stuck on something. it's freakin adorable.

the poor darlings have been sick since sunday with pinkeye and allergies and hannah has had an ear infection on top of that. try keeping track of 3 medicines three times a day and one once a day. we got ointment, drops and syrups here at the primate pharmacy folks, and lots of em.

they will miss swimming lessons both times this week.

oh yeah, have i ever told you what good little swimmers they are??